A theory of focus interpretation

1992/02/01 by Mats Rooth · 15 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Language, Metaphor, and Cognition #Linguistics and Discourse Analysis #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

paper · doi:10.1007/bf02342617

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